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The Grana Padano legend

We are food tour experts (Nick, Cate and Angelo) with a fascinating tour of an incredible cheese.

You’re gonna love this day!!!

Set in the hills of Piacenza directly enroute 35 minutes drive from Milan (Linate) airport and you are immediately in the heart of a grand food tradition.

Grana Padano – Kingdom of Piacenza and beyond

For the people of the DOP region this product is symbolic of independence and heritage… many contend this is THE original Grana (Parmigiano Reggiano is also a grana typicality cheese) born in the monastic secrecy of Lodi.

A bit from Wikipedia…

Grana Padano (IPA: [ˈɡraːna paˈdaːno]) is one of the most popular cheeses of Italy. The name comes from the noun grana (‘grain’), which refers to the distinctively grainy texture of the cheese, and the adjective Padano, which refers to the valley Pianura Padana. It is called “Grana Padano” and not “Grana Padana” because the Italian word grana is the masculine noun, il grana, describing this specific cheese, and not the feminine noun la grana, which means “grain”.

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History

Grana Padano is one of the world’s first hard cheeses, created nearly 900 years ago by the Cistercian monks of Chiaravalle Abbey, founded in 1135 near Milan, who used ripened cheese as a way of preserving surplus milk. By the year 1477, it was regarded as one of the most famous cheeses of Italy. It can last a long time without spoiling, sometimes aging up to two years. It is made in a similar way to the Parmigiano Reggiano of Emilia-Romagna but over a much wider area and with different regulations and controls. Other grana cheeses are also made in Lombardy, Piedmont, Trentino, and Veneto.

Specifications

A wheel of Grana Padano is cylindrical, with slightly convex or almost straight sides and flat faces. It measures 35 to 45 cm (14 to 18 in) in diameter, and 15 to 18 cm (5.9 to 7.1 in) in height. It weighs 24 to 40 kg (53 to 88 lbs) per wheel. The rind, which is thin, is white or straw yellow.